Since the BP Oil Disaster on April 20, 2010, Mobile Baykeeper has worked on both immediate response needs for coastal communities as well as the need for long-term recovery and restoration of our area.  We continue to closely monitor the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process, decisions regarding Clean Water Act fines, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, and Alabama’s Coastal Recovery Commission.  Throughout the process, Mobile Baykeeper has continued to advocate for ongoing monitoring, transparency, community involvement, and Clean Water Act fines returning to the Gulf Coast for restoration.  We believe environmental restoration is the key to the economic recovery of the Gulf Coast.

To engage local citizens, we coordinated with Alabama Coastal Foundation to establish the Volunteer Field Observer (VFOB) Program to monitor Alabama’s tidally influenced shoreline for oil impacts and other changes.  Through this effort, we have trained over 300 volunteers to monitor Alabama’s shoreline for oil impacts and other changes or problems associated with the oil spill.  We continue to work together, and with our Waterkeeper partners at Save Our Gulf, to collect information about ongoing changes resulting from this event. 

To complete the training for this program, click here. 

To upload data from a VFOB assessment or see reports, click here. 

Check out our By-the-numbers fact sheet-- we've compiled all the facts and all the numbers to help our communities and the rest of the country be better informed about the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster of 2010 and its continuing effects.

Take action for Gulf Coast Communities-- read our Action Alert and help us bring Clean Water Act penalties collected from BP back to the Gulf Coast for restoration.

BP Deepwater Horizon-- WHO TO CALL to report oil sightings

And as always, you can call Mobile Baykeeper for assistance or more information.

(251) 433-4229